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inauspicious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English auspicious English inauspicious From in- + auspicious.

Meanings

  1. Not auspicious; ill-omened.
    • 1788, John Jay, as Publius, The Federalist, II It is not to be wondered at that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer.
    • Inauspicious love. 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover:
    • Class 745/1s suffered an inauspicious entry into traffic on the Stansted Express route on July 28, when the two units supplied (745103/106) both failed, as did a train sent to cover them (745108). 2020 August 12, “Network News: Triple failure of Class 745s on first day of Stansted services”, in Rail, page 17:
    • And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most inauspicious Degree=Sup lexicographic
more inauspicious Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

sullen · inauspicious · fatal · nefastous · omenic · foreboding · auspicial · unauspicious · baleful · ill-starred · portentous · auspicious · ill-omened · ominous · presagious · ill-fated · boding · dire · inauspicate · brooding · disastrous · star-crossed · augurous · presageful · ill-boding · sinister · prodigious · bodeful · divine

Deriveds

inauspiciousness · inauspiciously

Synonyms

prodigious · nefastous · boding · bodeful · fatal · augurous · ill-boding · ill-fated · portentous · star-crossed · foreboding · dire · omenic · presagious · divine · sullen · ill-starred · inauspicate · sinister · baleful · ill-omened · presageful · ominous · foreboding · inauspicious · brooding · portentous · disastrous

Translations (32)

sv olycksbådande (boding ill) · ja 不吉 (boding ill) · tr menhus (boding ill) · cs nepříznivý (boding ill) · fi pahaenteinen (boding ill) · mk неблагопри́јатен (boding ill) · la clīvius (boding ill) · de ungünstig (boding ill) · tr uğursuz (boding ill) · ota وارون (boding ill) · fr inauspicieux (boding ill) · sa अशुभ (boding ill) · cmn 不祥 (boding ill) · ja 不祥 (boding ill) · ota اوغورسز (boding ill) · ota بختسز (boding ill) · cs neblahý (boding ill) · el δυσοίωνος (boding ill) · mk зло́кобен (boding ill) · fa شوم (boding ill) · ka არახელსაყრელი (boding ill) · bg неблагоприятен (boding ill) · cs zlověstný (boding ill) · bg злокобен (boding ill) · ru неблагоприя́тный (boding ill) · cmn 不吉 (boding ill) · ru злове́щий (boding ill) · ota قوتسز (boding ill) · fi epäsuotuisa (boding ill) · sv olycksbringande (boding ill) · nn ugunstig (boding ill) · nb ugunstig (boding ill)